Combined window-shade and curtain bracket.



I j liufLl-gAsoI.- V COMBINED WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

y l APPLIQAT1ON1'PILEDFLB-28, 1'912. y .11:50541914, PatentedMar`.4,19`13 To all whom t may concern;

UniTnD STATES PATENT ormoni.

MART-IN H.. GLiiAsoN, or -F I'TCHBURG, MAs'sAcH'Us'ETTmcoMBINIEnfWNDoWfsHADE AND @ummm BRACKET..

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n Be it, known that LMAJTIN GLnjsoma citizen of the United States,gfijesiclfing at 'Fitchburg in the county pf Worcestrand State ofMassachusetts?have. invented ieiw and useful l'inproi'enientsViniCqmbined il'indowrthzide and Curt-ainlrfleliets` ofi which the followingir; a speeitieatioii ThisI inventiony provides a iiiidoW-shade linturewhich ma;Y be placed in pq4 'y on or removed vfroiii. `tlicA windowfraiiiwwithout inarringthe trimming' or caseinc/iit in ,any

manner. said fixture heilig" adjustable lto ad.

`appended claim. I v I deferrn'ig to the drawing7 foriningaa part:l

of the specification, Figure 1 .is a gperspe- Itive View of a combinedWindow-shade.and'

curtain pole tixture embodyingl the invenf tion. Fig. 2 is'a perspective'View of the, lixture. havingfthe parts separated. i 3 is a perspectiveView of a modification.V Fig. et is a detail 'View-of t-he jointfornied'befI tnjeen the parts comprised in-- the niediication. Fig. 5 is' asect-ion on t-heflinel @aLl/eo Fie'. i

orresponding, and like pa i'ts..`are referred. toin the follow/Ying-`deseription,.'and indicated in allthetviews ffthedrawing;r bythesaine-referenee'clittracfers The-'fixture embodies ineir 1, 'and and abracket 4, the latter being of ordii'iary construction .so as to receivethe 'journalff'of -the shade roller?V "'The 'members Q andare:tpivotallyconnected 'at t-heirinner or Iopposing' ends to the innerendoftheibracket- 4;

WV-lien the viiziture is in proper `position the ,end portions 'of themembers Q and 3 overlap7 as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1. The innerend of the :bracket et has a .iange 5 which' rextends' therefrom 'aboutat `a right angle. vT h'e meniber 3 is pivotally connected.

to the appel-*end oft-lie. flange ,as indicated as, una. semi No.e's'oie.

` at 6. llli'e inein'lier 52 'is pivotallv connected r, l to the flowerend lofthe flange o, as indicated `at a.

'line with the members 2 and and to cause to overlap the saidinembersare drawn to tremitiesl of the members 1 "and 3 to grip topenetrate the trimming of thewind'o-wframe and prevent slipping,

The members- 1 and 2 are relatively adj-ustableto admit of lengtheningor shortening` the fixture according to'the trimming' or part S tovwhich to be attached.

the fixture is member l has a projection lllto engage one ofthe openings11 'to hold theY and 2 in the adjusted position.` A slide 13ni'entthereoiaftenthe. projection 1Q has been engaged with one of theopenings 11. The. curtain pole bracket consists of a 'shank i4, alxook`15 at one. end of the shank and a Alateral extension 1G at the opposite'end of the shank, said extension .being adapted to engage a keeper 17near the upperend 'of' the member 1. The construction such ias to admitofthe curtain p ole bracket beingeasily placedin position when requiredVfornse or tobejremovedwhen the curtain poleis not required for use.

-fore described in detail. -The bracket #Fis and 3 and has 'a member 1Swhich is' adjustibly' .connected 'to a member 1%)` the vlatter l iin g'an extension :Z0 -which'isl p irotally and 3 'by pivot fasteninge T and(tin -substantialli1 -thc saine inaimei' .as said members are pitotallyc'cmnccted to 'the flange ofthe bracket 4. The member. 1S hasa phobasa-projectionQyu'hich -i.; adapted to eiitcr .Patented nar. ig'iaisz.

`Srether. therebycausin'g the nhooks` at the ex rlflie outer end o't themember-3 has a hook 10 correspondii'igwfith the hook D and for alikepurpose.

width of the is slipped ,over the overlapped portions-of' vthe members 1and' 2 to prevent#displace- Inttheinodifieation shown in lf`i 9 I-'themembers 1,f 2' Vand are' substantially the sa-ine asthe ,correspondingparts hereinbe-.

adjustable with reference to the parts 1-2` connected te the inner endsof the members' rality. ofopeniiigrsfl and thefnicuilulr 1.)

.J f ,i when the bracket l is turnedthe-VV meiibers and 2%aie-iiiovedapart and upon. `tiirnin A the bracket to bring' the Haugenin'.

f1the iiiner or opposingl ends of 'saidmembers edge portions of the n"indo\i'-frame' 8 or .like part. 'The outer end of .the member 1 has aA fhook S), the edge of which is toothed so asd The member f2 has a plu-*rahtyv ot openings l1 in itsy length and the members 1 loo one of theopenings4 21 to hold the members t which engage thev edges of themembers 3- and 2, thereby limiting' the'movement of the parts when themembers' and 3 are in atineinent and the members 18 and'19 are inherizontal position.- vWhen the bracket 4 is srvung upwardly, asindi-cated'bythe dotted lines in Fig. 3, the-hboked ends) and 10 of themembers 1 and 'are moved apart and when said bracket isgmoved togbring'thel members 18 and 19 into horizontalposition, as indicated by the fulllines inFig, 3, th'e hooked ends 9 and 1() are drawn together `andcaused to grip the edgesof the trinr.

mingor support S, thereby flioldifng'the iixtire in position This lformof iixtnre admits of mijns-ting the' bracket 4a, outwardl)lv or inwardlywithout disturbing the members 1 and after the iixtnre has been securedto the. Window-'frame or trimming thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying dra'wingA` the advantages 'of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily 51131` parent lto those` skilled inthe art itonfhich ythe invention appertains, and While l have Idescribed the principle of operation"'of"the`" invention` together withtihelevice which l nonr consider vto be the best embodimentthereoll'desire tohave 1t understood that .the device' sho-Wn is merely1ilh-istrative, yand that'snch changes may be made *when .desired yas areWithin the' scope of- .the claim appended hereto. i Havingr thusdescribed the. in'vention what is claimed as neW,'is

A Window shade' fixture :comprising a4 .shade yroller bracket having anoti'standing lflange atl @nee/'nd and two members pivot ally connectedto ,opposite Iend lporti-ons of the flange cisaid bracket. and haringengaging elements at their, outer ends, said members ,being drawn.together olr moved apart by turning` the shade roller bracket, saidmembers being;r held 1n alinement When

